Patriots make appearance on Fox

Noon: West Virginia at Rutgers3:30: South Florida at Connecticut8:00: Ohio State at Penn StateComments: The noon game was an obvious choice (Colorado-Texas Tech was the alternative.) I can’t get excited about a 3:30 game that matches teams that didn’t even have Division I-A programs a decade ago (the alternatives are Clemson-Maryland and Nebraska-Texas, both more compelling to the avid college football fan), but the network must figure there’s a Connecticut connection in the Capital Region. The 8 p.m. game is now national, which unfortunately for ABC opposes the World Series.

Sunday’s local NFL telecasts:

1:00: N.Y. Giants vs. Miami from Wembley, England, Fox-234:05: Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, CBS-64:15: Washington at New England, Fox-238:15: No NBC game this week (because of the World Series)Comments: Nice to see the Patriots available again in this market, even if only because it’s a Fox game (determined by the fact that the visiting team is from the NFC). I hope we can hear crowd reaction on the Giants game, to see if the Brits really know their football.